Time to take a breather!
*breathe*
wanted to nua today,
and then a phone call came from the brazilian missionary.
they'll be performing tonight and asked if i wanted to watch them.
most likely i'll be going.
--------------------------------------
i've been attending a few church classes.
In my last one, 2 of my fellow course mates suddenly whispered.
"i want to fart. how?"
"now?"
"ya"
"I think you go outside? the room is small and air-conditioned lor"
she didn't leave the room.
but i couldn't tell if she released the bomb in the end, so all is well.
-----------------------------------------
on thurs i attended a seminar abt selling online.
the guy made millions trading online.
he had a few useful tips and i'm raring to go and experiment.
he told a story of how someone gave him a challenge when he claimed that everything and anything can be sold.
so the person looked ard the room randomly and gave him a tree branch.
sell this, he challenged the speaker, for more than US$50.
he sold it for US$200.
he also spoke abt how he dealt with serious competitors.
it was not a nice and fair way.
"i'm not here to be nice, i'm here to teach you how to sell"
when i heard his story the first thing that came to mind was,
"this is not biblical".
you can make a lot of money,
but sell your soul in the process, know what i mean?
the speaker was very laid back and looked very sian.
and i wondered why anyone worth 10s of millions of dollars would be sian.
I mean, with this sort of financial freedom, shouldn't everyday be a blast with you just doing things you're passionate abt?
Perhaps money really can't buy you happiness, if you don't pursue it the right way.
To be fair, it could just be a bad day or tiring day for him.
amazingly by God's will, i was having supper with a friend after the talk and in walked the speaker.
we invited him to eat with us.
he was still very sian, but revealed that he has a masters in christian theology as he wanted to be a priest when he was younger.
something's not quite adding up here.
but i have an inkling God has planned this for some reason.
The verse that keeps ringing in my mind after this episode, is
"Pursue His Kingdom and righteousness, and all these will be given to you"
(and i don't mean this as in he studied theology so he became a millionaire. i meant this as pursue riches the righteous way and true happiness will come your way)
-------------------------------------------
Postnote:
i was googling for the exact verse, and i found this:
"But seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness and all these things shall be given to you as well." Matt. 6:33 (NIV)
"The greatest tragedy is life is not death, but life without a purpose- life with wrong priorities." Life's greatest challenge is in knowing what to do. Life's greatest failure is to be successful in the wrong assignment".
Did not the Lord Jesus say: "What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his own soul?" (Matt. 16:26).
Life is too short to waste on wrong priorities. It is of utmost importance to know the most important thing in life; the most important priority that we must pursue.
--------------------------------------------------
On friday there was a church movie screening and the theme was the same.
it was abt a used car saleman who kept ripping off his clients, making them spend too much on broken cars.
he later changed his ways.
(i didn't catch the ending as i went for juggling mid-way).
there was an interesting line.
"how do we know what to price the car then? what is fair?", another saleman challenged the lead character.
"sell the car for the amount you would be comfortable with if your wife bought the same car with that amount"
-------------------------------------------------
Juggling was pretty fun.
I have some big ideas again and i'm getting excited again.
while we were doing a 4 pple passing pattern,
a club head knocked straight into my eye.
i seriously thought i was gonna get a black eye but it looks fine.
----------------------------------------------------
Things at work are looking up.
I've a nagging feeling the time is not ripe yet.
that's why i'm not at peace with either decision.
Like Noah in Noah's Ark,
even though he sent a dove out and knew the land was dry,
he didn't step out until God told him to do so.
(Genesis 8:5-19)
and i read it in another book, i think it's Utmost for His Highest, that
"sometimes we make decisions in haste that takes God years to correct and bring us back to the intended path. So wait for His timing"
---------------------------------------------------
i'm gonna get really fat now that i'm having lunches and munching all the time in the office.
there's always someone offering mooncakes somewhere.
Yesterday the company organised a mass run and almost everyone went, except the few of us.
"hey notice those pple who are here and aren't running are all the fat ones"
"haha, yeah!"
"ok, time to cut mooncake"
"oh my god, pple are burning calories lor, it's bad enough we aren't burning any, instead we're piling them on!"
-----------------------------------------------------
i told a few jugglers yesterday,
"i was gonna post this missioanry juggling performance event on the group email list, but some pple may think i'm too evangelical, so i'd better not. Even though my intention is really just to ask pple if they want to watch the performance, not so much the evangelism part"
"You're a christian, you're supposed to be evangelical." DH quipped.
"yup, it's '0' or '1', no in between," YH added.
----------------------------------------------------
I believe that if you have the desire and passion to do something, and if it's God's will, you will achieve it in good time.
As humans, we continually put limits on ourselves for no reason at all!
What's worse is putting limits on God who can do all things. We put God in a 'box'.
The awesome thing about the Power of God, is that if we want to do something for God, instead of focusing on our capability, concentrate on our availability for we know that it is God through us and we can't do anything without God.
Once we make ourselves available for God's work, guess whose capabilities we rely on? God's!
I know that there is no such thing as luck, chance or coincidence that these 'bad' things happen in our life.
I had complete peace knowing that God won't let anything happen to us in our life unless God has a good purpose for it all.
*breathe*
wanted to nua today,
and then a phone call came from the brazilian missionary.
they'll be performing tonight and asked if i wanted to watch them.
most likely i'll be going.
--------------------------------------
i've been attending a few church classes.
In my last one, 2 of my fellow course mates suddenly whispered.
"i want to fart. how?"
"now?"
"ya"
"I think you go outside? the room is small and air-conditioned lor"
she didn't leave the room.
but i couldn't tell if she released the bomb in the end, so all is well.
-----------------------------------------
on thurs i attended a seminar abt selling online.
the guy made millions trading online.
he had a few useful tips and i'm raring to go and experiment.
he told a story of how someone gave him a challenge when he claimed that everything and anything can be sold.
so the person looked ard the room randomly and gave him a tree branch.
sell this, he challenged the speaker, for more than US$50.
he sold it for US$200.
he also spoke abt how he dealt with serious competitors.
it was not a nice and fair way.
"i'm not here to be nice, i'm here to teach you how to sell"
when i heard his story the first thing that came to mind was,
"this is not biblical".
you can make a lot of money,
but sell your soul in the process, know what i mean?
the speaker was very laid back and looked very sian.
and i wondered why anyone worth 10s of millions of dollars would be sian.
I mean, with this sort of financial freedom, shouldn't everyday be a blast with you just doing things you're passionate abt?
Perhaps money really can't buy you happiness, if you don't pursue it the right way.
To be fair, it could just be a bad day or tiring day for him.
amazingly by God's will, i was having supper with a friend after the talk and in walked the speaker.
we invited him to eat with us.
he was still very sian, but revealed that he has a masters in christian theology as he wanted to be a priest when he was younger.
something's not quite adding up here.
but i have an inkling God has planned this for some reason.
The verse that keeps ringing in my mind after this episode, is
"Pursue His Kingdom and righteousness, and all these will be given to you"
(and i don't mean this as in he studied theology so he became a millionaire. i meant this as pursue riches the righteous way and true happiness will come your way)
-------------------------------------------
Postnote:
i was googling for the exact verse, and i found this:
"But seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness and all these things shall be given to you as well." Matt. 6:33 (NIV)
"The greatest tragedy is life is not death, but life without a purpose- life with wrong priorities." Life's greatest challenge is in knowing what to do. Life's greatest failure is to be successful in the wrong assignment".
Did not the Lord Jesus say: "What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his own soul?" (Matt. 16:26).
Life is too short to waste on wrong priorities. It is of utmost importance to know the most important thing in life; the most important priority that we must pursue.
--------------------------------------------------
On friday there was a church movie screening and the theme was the same.
it was abt a used car saleman who kept ripping off his clients, making them spend too much on broken cars.
he later changed his ways.
(i didn't catch the ending as i went for juggling mid-way).
there was an interesting line.
"how do we know what to price the car then? what is fair?", another saleman challenged the lead character.
"sell the car for the amount you would be comfortable with if your wife bought the same car with that amount"
-------------------------------------------------
Juggling was pretty fun.
I have some big ideas again and i'm getting excited again.
while we were doing a 4 pple passing pattern,
a club head knocked straight into my eye.
i seriously thought i was gonna get a black eye but it looks fine.
----------------------------------------------------
Things at work are looking up.
I've a nagging feeling the time is not ripe yet.
that's why i'm not at peace with either decision.
Like Noah in Noah's Ark,
even though he sent a dove out and knew the land was dry,
he didn't step out until God told him to do so.
(Genesis 8:5-19)
and i read it in another book, i think it's Utmost for His Highest, that
"sometimes we make decisions in haste that takes God years to correct and bring us back to the intended path. So wait for His timing"
---------------------------------------------------
i'm gonna get really fat now that i'm having lunches and munching all the time in the office.
there's always someone offering mooncakes somewhere.
Yesterday the company organised a mass run and almost everyone went, except the few of us.
"hey notice those pple who are here and aren't running are all the fat ones"
"haha, yeah!"
"ok, time to cut mooncake"
"oh my god, pple are burning calories lor, it's bad enough we aren't burning any, instead we're piling them on!"
-----------------------------------------------------
i told a few jugglers yesterday,
"i was gonna post this missioanry juggling performance event on the group email list, but some pple may think i'm too evangelical, so i'd better not. Even though my intention is really just to ask pple if they want to watch the performance, not so much the evangelism part"
"You're a christian, you're supposed to be evangelical." DH quipped.
"yup, it's '0' or '1', no in between," YH added.
----------------------------------------------------
i feel the physical strain sometimes but everything's so fun it's all ok.
Time's a factor . There's not enough time to do everything and i find myself rushing from place to place. I do wonder why i'm doing this but somehow there're no regrets.
Probably need to juggle some things and give and take here and there.
i'll just take one day and one step at a time.
----------------------------------------------------
I believe that if you have the desire and passion to do something, and if it's God's will, you will achieve it in good time.
As humans, we continually put limits on ourselves for no reason at all!
What's worse is putting limits on God who can do all things. We put God in a 'box'.
The awesome thing about the Power of God, is that if we want to do something for God, instead of focusing on our capability, concentrate on our availability for we know that it is God through us and we can't do anything without God.
Once we make ourselves available for God's work, guess whose capabilities we rely on? God's!
I know that there is no such thing as luck, chance or coincidence that these 'bad' things happen in our life.
I had complete peace knowing that God won't let anything happen to us in our life unless God has a good purpose for it all.
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